After four years off the air, 24 is back! Set and shot in London, the highly anticipated 12-episode event series will follow agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), now in exile, but still willing to risk his life to stop a terrorist attack that could change the world forever.

24: Live Another Day premieres with a two-hour event May 5 at 8 p.m. on Fox.

Parade.com chatted with Kim Raver, who plays Bauer’s longtime love, Audrey Raines, and she dished on reuniting with Sutherland, whether fans can expect more seasons, why she’s shining a spotlight on Women’s Health Week, and more.

Tonight marks the return of 24. How does it feel?“I’m thrilled. After being away for four years, it’s surreal and thrilling at the same time. And it’s such an international moment, which is also rare. I’m literally getting on a plane in a couple of hours and going to the premiere in London. I feel like we’ve gained momentum even as the show has been off the air, so to come back on the air with even more fans than we had four years ago is a really extraordinary place to be. And I feel like 24 really set the tone for a different type of television — it was one of the first shows to start that binge-watching way of television.”

Did you have a feeling when the series wrapped that you’d be revisiting your character again one day?“Oh, no. When you’re doing television or film and you say goodbye, you really say goodbye and wrap it up. It’s really a sad moment because you’re saying goodbye to people who have become like a second family in a way. Even though there was talk of a film, we really said our goodbyes, so to be coming back is an unexpected moment and it’s a real gift. And even though we’ve been gone for four years, that first scene of the first day on the first take, I remember looking over to Bill Devane, who plays my dad, and while it had been four years, it also felt like time hadn’t passed at all! We already built this relationship of father-daughter, so it was just so easy. It was an effortless way of stepping back into a character.”

Kim Raver and Tate Donovan

Where is Audrey at the start of this new season?“When we left her at the end of season six, she was physically and mentally in a really bad place after having been whisked off to China and taken to a prison. She’s also very different than when we saw her in season five, when she was just this incredibly capable, strong, smart, no-nonsense woman in CTU. There wasn’t anything that would make her back down, and I think at the opening of this season, Live Another Day, she’s in a very different place. Her husband is played by Tate Donovan, who is just so good in the role, and he has kind of nursed her back to life. At the beginning of this season she’s more soft-spoken than the Audrey we’ve seen before. What’s exciting is that throughout the season she really finds her voice again and that’s definitely because of something in particular, and I’ll just give you that little tease! It brings her back to the Audrey that we know.”

What was it like reuniting with Kiefer Sutherland?“It was so extraordinary. Kiefer Sutherland is one of the most incredibly professional and generous human beings that I know. He sets the bar so high that the rest of the crew just wants to have that same standard as him. There is a real trust between us. We have this very strong friendship, so I feel that we are able to do a certain level of work together because of that.”

Will there be more seasons after Live Another Day?“No one really knows right now. It’s this kind of amazing moment of let’s put this down and sort of see where it goes. We really are living another day, we’re in that day and in that moment, which is a very exciting way to work.”

You’ve partnered with Colgate Total for Women’s Health Week. What do you want people to know?“As women, it’s so hard for us to take care of ourselves since we’re taking care of so many other people. And with National Women’s Health Week and the summer coming, it’s a great time for us to take care of all those things that we never get to do; make those doctor and dentist appointments and just take care of ourselves. For me, since I work so much and have kids, to be able to find something that combines many different things in one is a big bonus for me. Like using a moisturizer or foundation that has an SPF or using Colgate Total Advanced Whitening because I know I’m going to brush my teeth every day, but I still want to take care of myself and have a whiter smile. I know that it combines the healthy aspect and the beauty aspect in one place. I think we also feel better when we feel beautiful, and you can feel beautiful in so many different ways. And I know I’m a better mother when I do take that moment to take care of myself.”

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